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COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB, 

815 I5TH STREET, 

September 28, 1889. 
Dear Sir : 

A special meeting of the Club will be held on Saturday, 
Oct. 5, at 8.30 P. M., for the election of a President, to fill 
vacancies on the Board of Governors, to consider proposed 
amendments to the Constitution, which jou will find here- 
with, and other business. 

The Annual Fall Field and Track Handicap meeting will 
take place on Analostan Island, Saturday, Oct. 5, at 3 P. M. 
Admission to the Island will be by card only, for which a 
charge of twenty-five (25) cents will be made, to include fer- 
riage. Competitors will be supplied with tickets for them- 
selves. Suitable prizes will be awarded the winners. It is 
desired that the members will interest themselves in this 
meeting, so that it may be the most successful the Club has 
held. The entries close with the Secretary Oct. 2, and are 
open to Club members only. A fee of 50c. must accompany 
each entry. The Handicaps will be posted on the Club bulle- 
tin. It is hoped the prizes will be presented at the special 
meeting of the Club, when the prizes won in the Tennis tour- 
nament will also be given to the winners. 

The following are the events and the order in which they 
will be contested : 

1. Running Broad Jump. 

2. i-Mile Walk. 

3. Novice Bicycle Race — i mile. 

4. Putting i6-lb. Shot. 

5. Throwing Hammer. 

6. loo-Yards Run— Trial. 2d men to run for place in final. 

7. Running High Jump. 

8. i-Mile Run. 

9. 100- Yards Run — Final. 






10. Bicycle Lap Race — 2 miles. 

11. Pole Vault. 

12. 2 20- Yards Run. 

13. Bicycle Race — i mile. 

14. 120-Yards Hurdle. 

15. 440-Yards Run. 

16. 2-Mile Steeple Chase. 

Very respectfully, 

HOWARD PERRY, 

Secretary. 



LC Control Number 




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Proposed Amendments to the Constitution. 



The Articles to be amended are printed in full, and then 
follow the Articles as they will read, with the proposed 
amendments italicized. 



Article III. 

Section i. This Club shall be composed of active, life, 
honorary, and non-resident members, who shall be ama- 
teurs. 

Section i. This Club shall be composed of active, life, 
honorary, visiting^ and non-resident members, who shall be 
amateurs. 



Sec. 3. The membership of this Club shall be limited to 
six hundred members ; but this limitation shall not apply to 
prevent the restoration to active membership of non-resident 
members. (Sec. 15, Art. III.) 

Sec. 3. The active membership of this Club shall be lim- 
ited to six hundred members ; but this limitation shall not 
apply to prevent the traiisfer to active membership of non- 
resident a7td visiting members. 



Sec. 10. Applications for active membership shall be in 
writing, recommended by two active members, and accom- 

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panied by the initiation fee hereinafter provided for and dues 
for one month, and shall contain a promise that, if elected, 
the applicant will support the Constitution, Bj^-Laws, Rules, 
and Regulations of the Club. 

Sec. io. EacJi afflication for active or visiting member- 
ship shall be in writing, recommended by two active mem- 
bers, and shall be accompanied by the initiation fee for the 
respective grade ; the application for visiti?to- membership 
shall also be accompa7iied by the amou7it of dues for the re- 
mainder of the half year. All applications shall contain a 
promise that, if elected, the applicant will support the Con- 
stitution, By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations of the Club. 



Skc. 12. If, upon ballot for active membership, two (2) 
black balls appear, the applicant shall be declared rejected, 
and a second application from him shall not be entertained 
until after the expiration of six (6j months from the date of 
his rejection, and no change in the result of any ballot on the 
election of a member shall be permitted after the result is 
announced. 

Sec. 12. If, upon ballot for active or visitiiig membership, 
two (2) black balls appear, the applicant shall be declared re- 
jected, and a second application from him shall not be enter- 
tained until after the expiration of six (6) months from the 
date of his rejection, and no change in the result of any bal- 
lot on the election of a member shall be permitted after the 
result is announced. 



Sec. 16. An active member, not indebted to the Club, in- 
tending to leave the District of Columbia for an absence of 
six months or more, may, upon written application to the 
Board of Governors, be placed upon the non-resident list, 
without dues during such absence ; but upon his return to 



the District of Columbia he shall notify the Board of Gov- 
ernors (through the Secretary) of such return, and his dues 
will commence from the first of the month of his return. 
Failure to give due notice of return w^ill be sufficient cause 
for suspension, and continued neglect to pay dues cause for 
dismissal. 

Sec. i6. An active member, not indebted to the Club, in- 
tending to leave the District of Columbia for an absence of 
six months or more, may, upon written application to the 
Board of Governors, be placed upon the non-resident list, 
without dues during such absence ; but upon his return to 
the District of Columbia, to remain for one month or more^ he 
shall notify the Board of Governors (through the Secretary) 
of such return, and his dues will commence from the first of 
the month of his return. Failure to give due notice of return 
will be sufficient cause for suspension, and continued neglect 
to pay dues cause for dismissal. A^ty member uf>07t this list 
retur?iing' to the District of Columbia before the expiration 
of six 7no?iths shall be required to -pay his dues for the time 
of his abseiice ; but the Board of Governors niay^ i?i its dis- 
cretion, upon proper cause show?t, remit such dues i?i i?idi' 
vidual cases. 



(New Section.) 
Sec. 17. A7iy person 7iot a resident of the District of Colum- 
bia may be elected a visiti?tg' member, and shall, during his 
temporary visits to the said District, have all the privileges 
of active membership, except the right to vote or hold office. 
Any visiting member may, by a majority vote of the Board 
of Governors, be transferred to the list of active 7neinbership 
upon payi7ig the differ e7ice betxveeti the i7iitiation fee of the 
two grades at the ti7ne of such transfer ; and a7iy active 
7ne7nber 7nay, by like vote, be tra7isferred to the visiti7ig list. 
Suck tra7isfers to be 7nade upon the ivritte7i request of the 
perso7i desiri7ig the sa7ne. I71 case of a re-tra7isfer of a visit- 
i7ig 7ne7nber -who has been an active 7ne7?iber, 710 additio7ial 
i7iitiatio7i fee shall be required. 

(Note.— Number present section 17 as 18.) 



Article IV. 

(New Section.) 
Sec. 3. The inttiatio7i fee for visiting membership shall be 
ten dollars^ and the yearly dices ten dollars ('$10), payable 
semi-annually in advance. 

Article V. 

Sec. 2. At the end of each month the Financial Secre- 
tary shall notify each member indebted to the Club, other 
than for monthly dues, of the amount of such indebtedness, 
and if the same is not paid within ten daj^s after such notifi 
cation the member so in arrears shall be debarred from fur- 
ther credit, and his name and the amount due shall be posted 
on the Club bulletin; and if he fails to pay said indebtedness 
within twenty days after posting, his case shall be referred to 
the Board of Governors for such action as it may deem proper, 
subject to the provisions of Sec. 7, Art. XI. 

Sec- 2. At the end of each month the Financial Secre- 
tary shall notify each member indebted to the Club, other 
than for monthly dues, of the amount of such indebtedness, 
and if the same is not paid within ten days after such notifi- 
cation the member so in arrears shall be debarred from fur- 
ther credit, and his name and the amount due shall be posted 
on the Club bulletin ; and if he. fails to pay said indebtedness 
within twenty days after posting, he shall sta?id stispended 
from all privileges of the Club until his indebtediiess is paid. 

Article VII. 
Officers. 
Section i. The officers of the Club shall be a President, 
Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director of Athletics, 
Captain, First Lieutenant, and Second Lieutenant, to be 
elected by the Club, and a Financial Secretary, to be elected 
by the Board of Governors. 

Section i. The officers of the Club shall be a President, 
Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director of Athletics, 



Captain, First Lieutenant, and Second Lieutenant, to be 
elected atmually by the Club, and a Financial Secretary, to 
be elected by. the Board of Governors. 



Sec. 2. The annual election of officers and members of the 
Board of Governors shall be held at the regular meeting in 
January of each year, except the first election, which shall 
take place April 6, 1887; the officers elected at that meeting 
to serve until the annual meeting in January, 1888. 

Sec. 2. The annual election of officers and members of the 
Board of Governors shall be held 07i the secoud Wednesday 
of January in each year ^ except ■whe?i the seco7td Wednesday 
falls on a legal holiday^ in vjhich case the electio?i shall be 
held on the next succeeding Wednesday, and shall he conducted 
as follows: 

The Board of Governors _ at least two weeks before the 
date of the election, shall elect a committee of three members 
of the Club, who shall not be officers of the Club or members 
of the Board of Goveriiors, to be designated " The Comniittee 
on Elect ions y The duties of said committer shall be to re- 
ceive from any member of the Club nomi?iations for the va- 
rious offices a?/d for membership in the Board of Goverjiors, 
which 7wminations shall be in writiiig, and shall be seconded 
by another member of the Club besides the 7iojninator, a7id 
the no7ni7iatio7is shall close at 77iidnight of the Wednesday 
preceding the electio7i, a7id 7io ballots cast for a7ty one 7iot so 
nomi7iated shall be coiuited. The said 7iomi7iations shall be 
posted by the said Co7n7?iittee on Electio7is im7nediately upon 
the 7'eceipt of the sa77ie, a7id shall be kept posted in a co7ispic- 
uous place i7i the Club Hoiise U7itil the close of the electio7i. 

The Co7)imittee 07t Elections, after the closi7ig of the 7i077ti' 
7iations, shall cause to be printed different ballots for each 
office to be voted for, such ballots to C07itai7i the 7iames of all 
the ca7ididates for such office, with directio7is distinctly 
printed thereon ; that the voter shall erase all the 7ia7nes 
except the 07ie or owes to be voted for, a7id that a7i i7ifor)nal 
ballot shall be considered bla7ik ; a7id shall also provide a 



different ballot-box for each officer to be elected ; the Board 
of Governors^ in every instance^ to be considered one office^ 
and one ballot to be cast cotitaining the names of all the mem- 
bers to be voted for. After the closing of the nominatio7is^ 
and before the day of the election^ the Board of Gover?tors 
shall elect from the members of the Club seven '' Inspectors of 
Electio7t^^^ who shall not be either officers, mejnbers of the 
Board of Governors, or candidates for a7iy office. Said I?i- 
spectors, or a majority of them, shall be present during the 
tvhole time of balloting, a?id shall at the close of the polls 
count the ballots cast for the different candidates and imme- 
diately report the result to the annual meeting of the Club. 
The polls shall be opened at 7ioon on the day of election and 
shall be kept open until eight P. M. , at which time they shall 
close. 

The Secretary shall furnish to the Inspectors of Elections a 
complete list of all the members of the Club e^ititled to vote^ 
upon which list shall be checked off the name of each ^neinber 
as he votes, a?id 710 7nember whose i7idebted7iess to the Club to 
the jist Dece7nber is not paid shall be e7ititled to vote. The 
Secretary shall, at least two weeks before the electio7t, 7iotify 
each 7Jie7fiber of the Club of the electio7i a7id of the time of 
closi7ig the nomi7iatio7is, a7id shall also, in said iiotice, request 
that 7to7ni7iatio7is for the various offices, properly seconded, be 
deposited in the ' Committee Box " i7i the Club House before 
the said ti7ne of closi7ig. 

A 7najority of all the votes cast shall be necessary for a7t 
election, and in calculati7tg the 7iU7nber of ballots cast a bla7ik 
shall be counted as a vote, a7id i7nproper or irregular ballots 
shall be considered as bla7iks. 

Should the report of the Inspectors show that there had not 
been a 7najority cast for a7iy 07ie or 7nore offices to be filled, 
then the failure to elect shall be co7isidered as creating a va- 
cancy, to be filled as provided i7i the 7iext section. All officers 
shall hold office until the 7iext a7inual 7neeti7ig^ or tin til their 
successors are elected. 



Sec. 3. All officers shall be elected by ballot, separately, 
and must receive a majority of all the ballots cast, blank bal- 
lots being counted, and they shall hold office until the next 
annual meeting, or until their successors are duly elected. 

Sec. 3. A?iy vaca?icy occur7'ijig iu any of the offices of the 
Clnb^ or in the Board of Governojs, shall be filed as follows : 

The Board of Governors shall elect a Committee o?t Elec- 
tions and Inspectors of Electio7is as provided in the foregoing 
section^ whose duties shall he performed as iii the case of an 
an?itial election. The Secretary shall give notice as provided 
in said scctioti, and in all things the election shall be conducted 
as in the annual election^ but instead of reporting to a general 
meetiiig of the Club, the I?ispectors shall report the result to 
the Board of Gover 710 rs, who shall cause the same to be posted 
in the Club House. 

Note. — Section 4 strike out. 



Article X. 

Section i. The government and management of the Club 
shall be confided to a committee of sixteen (16) of its members, 
known as the Board of Governors, of which a majority shall 
form a quorum ; and a majority of the Board of Governors 
shall vote in the affirmative to adopt any proposition. The 
President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be 
members of the Board of Governors. 

Section i. The government and management of the Club 
shall be confided to a committee of sixteen (16) of its members, 
known as the Board of Governors, of which a majority shall 
form a quorum ; and a majority of the Board of Governors 
shall vote in the affirmative to adopt any proposition /i?r the 
disbursement of mo?tey or in relatio7t to the ffia?icial affairs 
of the Club. The President, Vice-President, Secretary, and 
Treasurer shall be members of the Board of Governors. 

Article XI. 
Sec. 2. To appoint, semi-annually, the following commit- 
ees : {a) A sub-committee of three (3) to be called the House 



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Committee, whose duty it shall be, subject to the direction 
and control of the Board of Governors, to direct and manage 
the housekeeping affairs of the Club House, and to make 
proper purchases for that purpose, and to receive and act 
upon complaints and suggestions of members, reporting 
monthly to the Board of Governors, (b) An Auditing Com- 
mittee of three (3), the approval of w^hich shall be necessary 
before the payment of any bill. 

Sec. 2. To appoint, semi-annually, the following commit- 
tees : (a) A sub-committee of three (3) to be called the House 
Committee, whose duty it shall be, subject to the direction 
and control of the Board of Governors, to direct and manage 
the housekeeping affairs of the Club House, and to make 
proper purchases for that purpose, and to receive and act 
upon complaints and suggestions of members, reporting 
monthly to the Board of Governors, (d) An Auditing Com- 
mittee of three (3), the approval of which shall be necessary 
before the payment of any bill, (c) A Committee o?i Admis- 
sions of three {3), to tv/iom all applications for membership 
shall he referred^ a?id %vhose duty it shall he to consider the 
same and report to the Board of Gover?iors. [d) An Athletic 
Committee of eleveii (11) to he appoi7ited annually^ of which 
the Director of Athletics shall he chairmafi^ and the Secre- 
tary of the Cluh Recorder, who shall have supervision over 
the athletic iiiteresis of the Cluh, with the power to appoint 
suh com?nittees. 

Article XIII. 
Meeti7igs of the Club. 

Section i. The first meeting of the Club shall be held on 
April 6, 1887, ^"<^ thereafter an annual meeting on the first 
Wednesday of January in each year, for the election of offi- 
cers, the Board of Governors, reception of annual reports, 
and such other business as may be brought before it : Pro- 
vided, That when the first Wednesday of January falls on a 
legal holiday the meeting shall be held on the next succeed- 
ing Wednesday. 

There shall be an annual ^neetifig of the Club on the seco7id 
Wednesday of January in each year, for the election of offi- 
cers, the Board of Governors, reception of annual reports, 
and such other business as may be brought before it : Pro- 
vided, That when the second Wednesday of January falls on 



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a legal holiday the meeting shall be held on the next succeed- 
ing Wednesday. 



Sec. 6. Notices of each annual meeting of the Club shall 
be mailed to each member one week before the date of the 
meeting, and notices of each adjourned or special meeting 
shall be mailed at least five days before the meeting. 

Sec. 6. Notice of each annual meeting of the Club shall 
be mailed to each member two weeks before the date of the 
meeting, and notices of each adjourned or special meeting 
shall be mailed at least five days before the meeting. 



Article XVI. 

The Club ensign shall be that heretofore used by the Co- 
lumbia Boat Club. 

The Club ensign shall be a white burgee with a red C and 
a zvinged arrotv in blue and red through " C" emblazoned 
071 it. 

Article XVII. 

Section i. None but members and guests, or visitors in- 
troduced by members, shall be admitted to the Club. A 
member may at any time introduce a stranger, and shall 
thereupon register his name, residence, and date of introduc- 
tion in a book to be kept for that purpose, to which said 
member shall afiix his own name. Such introduction shall 
not confer on such stranger the right of entrance at any other 
time ; but the Board of Governors may, at its discretion, give 
to such stranger a written invitation entitling him to the 
privileges of the Club for ten days, which may be renewed by 
any member of the House Committee; but no resident of the 
District of Columbia can be introduced more than once in 
six months. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to the 



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Boat House, to the Athletic Grounds, nor to candidates for 
membership during the pendency of applications. 

Section i. None but members and guests, or visitors in- 
troduced by members, shall be admitted to the Club. A 
member may, at any time, introduce a stranger, and shall 
thereupon register his name, residence, and date of introduc- 
tion in a book to be kept for that purpose, to which said mem- 
ber shall affix his own name. Such introduction shall not con- 
fer on such stranger the right of entrance at any other time; 
but the Board of Governors may, at its discretion, give to such 
stranger a written invitation entitling him to the privileges 
of the Club for ten days, which may be renewed by any mem- 
ber of the House Committee ; but no resident of the District 
of Columbia can be introduced more than once in six months. 
The jbriinleges of the Club House may be extended to the mem- 
bers of the families of members of the Club on any such days 
of the week a7id bettveen such hours as may be fixed by the 
Board of Goverftors. No person eligible to membershij) can 
avail himself of this privilege. The privileges of the Boat 
House and Island may also be extended to the families of mem- 
bers a7id such other persons under regulations to be prescribed 
by the Board of Governors. None of the restrictio?ts con- 
tained in this section shall apply to any candidate for admis- 
sion during the pendency of his application. 



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